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Vamidy nra Winless Navy With Help Ties ArmyLaeoresiash 1 MMmiMMaMMi MU MM 1 Host of Commodore Backfield Stars Outshine Brilliant Performance of Tennessee Forwards Clinard and Nalley Wrap Up Punt Department By BOB WILSON Neics-Sentinel Sparta Editor NASHVILLE Nov vaunted Commodores lived up to their advance billing as probably the greatest football team in the school's history by putting on a whirlwind finish to rout Tennessee's Vols 23 to 6 here this afternoon A record-breaking crowd of 24074 chilled spectators that jammed Dudley Field Stadium saw the versatile Commodores gain a 7-0 lead in the first period after which the Vols managed to hold them scoreless until early in the fourth period But they tallied three more touchdowns in a hurry while the Vols were marching 80 yards for one to score their first victory over Tennessee on this field since 1926 last triumph over the Vols was at Knoxville in 1937 A dazzling pass play that electrified the spectators with Herb Rich going 43 yards down the side line gave the Commodores their first touchdown But the Vols fought on valiantly until the dam FT TACKLE Stroud Donahuai DoMestein Bnxey DoMestein Elkas Smith Tanner N-S Photo via Special Acme Telephoto NAVY ON THE MARCH Pistol Pete Williams (Z2) of Navy takes off around I the Middies come back after 13 straight defeats to fie the vaunted Cadets 21-21 left end behind beautiful blocking for a 50-yard a in against Army inthe tradi- 2owmg ruined hopes of an unbeaten and untied season I national ArmyrNavy game at Philadelphia A capacity crowd of 102000 fans in- jL hiding President Truman the new symbol for upset victories was on hand to watch I dentally President Truman watched the game from the Navy cheering section Sooners Tar Heels Get Sugar Bowl Bid Middies Get Moral Victory in 21-21 Game President Sits With Midshipmen 102000 on Hand By WILL GRIMSLEY AmmUImI ITMi Horl Writer PHILADELPHIA Nov 27 Navy caught Army with it platoons down today and spoiled the perfect season with a 21-21 tie in an unbelievable turn of football fortunes It wai a sweet-tasting moral victory for the Midshipmen beaten 13 times in a row eight this season and held in such poor esteem today that the Cadets were solid three touchdown favorites The amazing deadlock was fashioned with hard teeth-rat-tling football before a sell-out crowd of 102581 including President Truman quite an upsetter In his own right Significantly the President and his party including Mrs Truman and Margaret sat on the The Yardstick Sly I'nltrd rim PHILADELPHIA nv el tha Army-Navy same: Army Navy I Int ifowni II Net yard lushing 197 Net yards panning 73 Forward attrmplra 1J Forward rnrnplrtrd Forwards interrupted Number of punt 7 Average distance of punt Fumble Ball Inst on tumble umber of penalties aid penalised From line of scrimmage 29 1 i 0 i 2 I side of the underdog sailors and watched as the Middies stabbed for a quick touchdown in the opening period and rallied twice to hold me of the nation's great gridiron powers to a standstill Truman Sat With Navy It was Navy's day as host to have the President and it was evident almost from the start that this was Navy's day in the long and colorful service game series that now has seyn Army win 26 games Navy 19 and four wind up in ties The contest was less than six minutes old when Pete Williams a i phantom-hipped Midshipman from Miami Fla took i lateral from Reaves Baysinger and dashed 59 yards to the Army 13 In three plays Baysinger was across with a Navy score end the packed stadium braced itself tor the battle that it knew was in the offing Army Bounces Back Precisinnist Army bounced hack with two touchdowns in the second period set up on identical Elays from Arnold Galiffa to lave Parrish Navy tied the score at 14-14 with a Baysinger-sparked march in the third period only to see Army go ahead again with a touchdown in the first minute of the final quarter The Cadets' seven-point advantage at this stage looked tremendous until midway of the period Then the Midshipmen launched a land drive that wouldn't be denied In short vicious hunks Fullback Bill Hawkins and Halfback Jimmy Green started pounding out yardage through Army's tiring line Midshipmen Move The Midshipmen moved 50 yards downfield Hawkins scoring the tieing touchdown from the eight-yard line with five minutes to play Army took the next kickoff and desperately smashed to Navy's 35-yard line But there the Middies' stout line pushed back the (See ARMY 2 Col 3) The Bowl Roundup-- Oregon and SMU Set for Cotton Classic Baylor To Oppose Wake Forest in Dixie Bowl Clemson and Missouri in Gator Bowl and Okla vs William Mary in Delta Bowl By Associated Fkm NEW YORK Nov 27 The Sugar Bowl got North Carolina and Oklahoma while Oregon accepted a bid to meet Southern Methodist University in the Cotton Bowl today as the New Day football picture began to take final shape By tsIM Pm CROSSVILLE Nov 27 Kindly motorists were responsible today for the University of Tennessee band to be at full strength for the game at Nashville this afternoon The third of three buses carrying the band from Knoxville to Nashville broke down here this morning leaving 38 members of the 88-member band stranded However all hopped out of the bus and within 45 minutes all had caught rides to Nashville Instruments and alL broke early in the fourth period and the Commodores racked up three more touchdowns The second which came on the first play of the fourth period was on a four-yard pass from Jamie Wade to Bucky Curtis an end across the goal line' Their third followed a 43-yard run on a pass interception with Wade crashing I over from the three and the final one on an end sweep by Dean Davidson from the three While fumbles and intercepted I passes played a leading factor in downfall nothing I can be taken away from this ver-' satile and superbly coached team on the- field by Henry (Red) Sanders The Vandy mentor had previously told the Commodores that they were the greatest team that he had seen play for Vanderbilt in his 30 years of watching Gold and Black elevens play The Gold and Black brigade didn't let him down as they carried the fight to the Vols from the opening gun Berry and Davidson Click It was the passing of Bobby Berry James Wade and Dean Davidson the catching of Bud Curtis Herb Rich and others the marvelous punting of Zack Clinard and the punt returning of Lee Nalley that brought most rf-ifef to the Volunteers All the Commodores were well-poised and played alert football throughout the battle The Vols had their standouts too Al Russas the end who backs up the line was one of the greatest defensive players on the field It was his smashing blows that throttled Vandy's running game to a medium Time after time the big fellow brought down the ball-carriers with bone-rattling tackles Bob Lund played a fine all-around game in winding up his career under the Orange and White banner and the same goes for Capt Powell end Hal and Come Through Hal Uttleford and Cooper both played commendable ball In fact Cooper probably played his best all-around game of the season driving with great power in carrying the ball Lit-tleford's long high punts were ef-fective agajnst Nalley except on the footing slippery crunching fullback Hosea Rodgers bulled over from the five-yard line in the first seven minutes of the game dragging two Cavalier tacklers on the ground smash over climaxed The Yardstick Bp rtf ted Fre CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Noe 27-Statistics ol the Virginia-North Carolina tame: Tulane Runs Over LSU Defenses to Win 46-0 Victory Is Biggest for Greenies Over Tigers Since Series Started in 1893 Field Muddy By PRESTON McGRAW tsIM Frees Sport Writer BATON ROUGE La Nov Tulane beat Louisiana defenses to pieces today and punched through the sieve-like remains to a 46-to-0 victory Thus Tulane beaten only once this by Georgia nearly assured itself a bawl bid The defeat was the worst LSU has ever suffered at the hands of Tulane in a rivalry that began in 1893 A sellout crowd of 46000 wrapped in raincoats against a bitter intermittent drizzle saw the game Nearly four-and-a-half inches of rain fell on the playing field yesterday and it was gumbo mud in the middle and wet slippery grass near the sidelines Tulane Held LSU held Tulane scoreless in the first period and the play was nearly even Half way through the second period line and secondary started to falter Tulane drove from its own 13 yard line to its 45 Joe Ernst Tulane halfback flipped a 15-yard pass to Halfback George Kinek Kinek ran it across the goal line but the ball was called back to the 26 because of a Tulane clip Tulane promptly muscled the ball back to the two from where Fullback Ed Price scored Three minutes later Bobby Jones Tulane halfback intercepted an LSU pass on 38 and ran across the goal line unthreatened Suits Get Muddy LSU with a change of uni-form looked like a new team Tulaea 20 S46 78 10 1 4 121 4 1 4 60 The smoke hardly had cleared away after the final big Saturday of college football when announcements began pouring in detailing acceptances to the rich Jan 1 pigskin plums Oklahoma wound up its regular schedule by outlasting Oklahoma A 19-15 and North Carolina clipped Virginia 34-12 They meet at New Orleans in the Sugar Boyrl to open the New Year As expected Oregon got the bid for the Dallas Cotton Bowl after losing out to California for the Rose Bowl assignment California tackles Northwestern in the Pasadena event Southern the Cotton Bowl a week ago Clemson which barely squeezed past Auburn 7-6 to remain unbeaten accepted a bid to play Missouri in the Bowl at Jacksonville Fla Baylor in a 7-7 tie with Rice got and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Ala Dixie Bowl against Wake Forest Oklahoma A also got a bowl spot the Delta Bowl at Memphis Tenn against previously chosen William and Mary The Orange Bowl committee announced Georgia had accepted an invitation to play in the New Day football game LEFT Johnson Rursas tot Slvert RIGHT GUARD Baker Vugria Howard RIGHT TACKLE MeseroO Gearing Thomas RIGHT Flelden Miner Russas Flora QUARTERBACK Cocgins Pruett Slack LEFT HALF Cooper Littleford Proctor Beeler RIGHT Lund Sherrill Berg-enter Hill Chancep Balitsarls KiU Miller VANDERBILT LEFT END Speir Curtis Lawrence Holt Jones LEFT Page Cantrell Ritter Caldwell LEFT Brown Shaver Jaw-wav Clark Stover Powell Bright Cooper Huttos Page Carter i RIGHT raulkln berry Phillips DarnelL RIGHT A CUrtls Anderson Patterson Cat houn Powell Shelton Halford LEFT Berr Nailer Davidson Wade Clinard May RIGHT Rich Hicks Fuqua Robinson FULLBACK Thigpen Rich Tabor Boyer Score by periods: TENNESSEE VANDERBILT 7 21 28 Scoring Vanderbilt touchdowns Rich Curtis Wade Davidson Points after touchdowns Clinard 4 Tennessee touchdown Chencey one occasion Most of the time the Vol tackles and ends were down the field in time to nab Nalley before he could take off One time they hemmed him in and chased him back about 15 yards from the spot he caught the punt In the line Jack Stroud Chad-dia Baker Norman Meseroll Alan Fielden Ray Elkas Ralph Huney-cutt and Bud Sherrod were always in the thick of the battle There was little to choose between the lines two of the best in the nation Both played viciously stopping the ball carriers time after time with savage jolts at the line of scrimmage When the Vols powered their way 80 yards to score (Mi a plunge by Fullback Ralph Cban-cey from the one-yard line tt was the first time that a team had scored through the Vanderbilt line since the Kentucky game early in the season Mistakes Are Costly The defeat for Tennessee wasn't as humiliating as the score might indicate for the Vols were very much in the ball game until the final period when the Commodores took advantage of Vol mistake to gain one easy score It was the worst defeat ever dealt one of Coach Bob teams by a Vanderbilt outfit The Commodores handed Neyland's Vols a 20-3 defeat here in 1926 They win over him again until 1937 when tbey took a 13-7 decision at Knoxville Statistics show that the Vols gave a good account of them- (See COMMODORES 8 CoL 1) were outstanding in the Big Carolina line and each caught one of Justices touchdown passes Weiner a rangy precision player reached high in the second period to take a 20-yard pass from Justice on the Virginia -20 after TaY Heel Right Halfback Johnny Clements grabbed a Virginia fumble on the Cavalier 45 Weiner stepped neatly over a tackier and loped into the end zone Justice hit Cox for the last touchdown with a throw from the Virginia 31 to the two where Cox skipped over Desperate passing by Quarterbacks Whitejr Michels and Joe McCary and Left Halfback Steve Osisek accounted for the Virginia touchdowns the first in the second period after an 85-yard inarch through the air Michels passed to End Myron Mausteller from the Tar Heel 16 in the end zone In the third (Sea JUSTICE CoL 1) Methodist closed out the season I An opponent has not been se-with a 7-7 tie against Texas lected Christian but the Mustangs were Milligan College at Johnson i' City has turned down a YTk IT bid to PJay in the Charity Bowl tSOlVl Lineups I FloridaDe- 1 Here is a list of the bowl games cember 9 Athletic Director Yancey announced Football Results SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE VANDERBILT 28 TENNESSEE 6 Georgia 21 Georgia Tech 13 Mississippi 34 Mississippi State 7 Tulane 46 LSU 0 Clemson 7 Auburn 6 Alabama 34 Florida 28 SOUTH North Carolina 34 Virginia 12 Villanova 21 State 7 Kentucky State 33 Bluefield State 0 Florida State 20 Troy Tchrs 13 Grambling 30 Bethune-Cookmad 6 Knoxville College-Fisk cancelled EAST Navy 21 Army 21 Fordham 26 NYU 0 West Virginia 16 Maryland 14 Boston College 21 Holy Cross 20 Adelphia 7 Hofstra 6 MIDWEST Notre Dame 46 Washington 0 Detroit 26 Tulsa 22 Oklahoma 19 Oklahoma 15 Washington (Mo) 27 Louisville 12 Coffeyville JC 6 Hutchinson JC 6 SOUTHWEST SMU 7 TCU 7 Baylor 7 Rice 7 William Mary 9 Arkansas 0 Texas Tech 28 Hardin-Sim- mbns 20' Austin College 25 Texas A8el 20 Southern 19 Prairie View 0 West Texas State 19 Mexico 0 Trinity 33 Hardin 13 FARWEST Oregon State 28 Nebraska 12 Penn State 7 Washington State 0 Michigan State 21 Santa Clara 21 Lenoir City Defeated 27-7 Special To Tho News-Sentinel ATHENS Nov The Bradley County Bears scored a 27-7 victory over Lenoir City in the annual Lions Bowl game here tonight A capacity crowd jammed into McMinn County High field to witness the game proceeds from which to go to the sight conservation fund Wendell Phillips scored three times for the winners on runs of 7 11 and 12 yards Fullback Bob Watson scored the Bear's other six-pointer and also added three extra points Olen Wright of Lenoir City scored the first-touchdown of the game in the first period on a quarterback sneak Lenoir City held a 7-6 advantage at halftime Wright averaged 47 yards on seven punts Ten of first stringers played their last game for the Bears tonight End Eddie Stone is the only player that will return next year Scot by periods: LENOIR CITY 0 0 0 7 BRADLEY 0 0 14 TULSA COMES CLOSE By United Fie TULSA Okla Nov The University of Tulsa battling hard in its last chance for victory this season scared a favored Detroit eleven today but fell short 26 to 22 Tulsa lost nine and tied one this season The Buffs who finished the season with nine victories one loss and a tie were mentioned for at least one other bowl but the players voted not to participate in a post-season game because of the extra practice involved and the pressure of the approaching basketball season Rauch sneaked to a first down on the 10 Geri burst through to the five and Floyd Reid on a wide end sweep went across standing up Geri kicked the first of his extra points The jolting Geri started a 92-yard Georgia march for the second score by running from his own eight to 47 a jaunt of 45 yards Rauch tossed two straight first-down passes and with the ball on the 16 Geri ran for another first down on the four Then Rauch again crossed up the Engineers faking a sneak and handing to Johnny Tillitski who scored easily as the second period started Healy Block Kick The Tech line that had been so bewildered during the two Georgia charges broke through to block the first of two Geri punts Dan Bradach knocking the ball back to Georgia's 29 where Tech recovered But the Engineers got nowhere (See GEORGIA 8 Col 2) Railroads Tar Heels Past Virginia Whistle Stop 34-12 Georgia Gains SEC Diadem by Lashing Georgia Tech 21-13 where at least one team has been named: JANUARY 1 ROSE Pasadena Calif Northwestern vs California SHRINE San Francisco East All-Star vs West All-Stars SUGAR- New Orleans North Carolina vi Oklahoma COTTON Dallas Southern Methodist vs Oregon DELTA Memphis Oklahoma A AM vs William A Mary DIXIE Birmingham Ala Wake Forest Baylor SUN El Paso Texas West Virginia vi Texas Mines HARBOR San Diego Calif Nevada (no opponent yet) SALAD Phoenix Arix Drake (no opponent yet) RAISIN Fresno Calif Colorado AAM vs Occidental-TANGERINE Orlando Fla (N) Sul Ross (no opponent) VULCAN Birmingham Ala Greensboro (N C) AAT vs Kentucky St DECEMBER SS OLEANDER Galveston TA Wharton JT Colleg vs Paris (Tex) DECEMBER SS NORTH-SOUTH Miami Fla (N) (All-Star Team I ELITE -GRAY Montgomery Ala All-Star Teams) DECEMBER IS PAPER Pensacola Fla Jacksonville (Ala) Trs vs Troy (Ala) Trs DECEMBER 11 LITTLE ROSE Pasadena Calif Compton Jr Coll vs Duluth JT Cell TEXHOMA Denison Tex (No teams Chosen) LITTLE SUGAR Monroe La South Georgia Jr (No opponent jet) -DECEMBER GREAT LAKES Cleveland John Carrol va Canlslus FRUIT San Francisco Southern (La) va San Francisco State DECEMBER GLASS Toledo Ohio Oklahoma Cfty Toledo REFRIGERATOR Evansville tod Missouri Valley vs Evansville SALT Hutchinson- Kae teams chosen) ORANGE BLOSSOM Miami Fla (N) Florida AAM vs Union (Richmond Va FISH Norfolk Va Hampton tost vs WllbertorcSb ny McCall hauled back a punt 55 yards for the clinching Georgia touchdown Lorendo Snare Pass The battering first thrust started innocently enough rom their own 34 where a Tech The Yardstick By I'silrd Ftps ATHENS Ga Nov Statistics of tha Georgla-Georgla Tech same: (fit Georv Tack First d(MM 18 7 Net yards rushing 299 8S2 Net yards passiny 10ft Forwards attempted 11 Forwards completed 8 Forwards intercepted Number of punts 7 Averse Dist of punts Fumbles 4 Ball lost on fumbles 1 Number ot penalties 6 From line of smmmase By WILLIAM A SHIRES United Press Sport Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Nov 27 The dazzling and almost un believable -Charley Justice showed bis superb North Carolina Tar Heels -the way to a post-season bowl classic today in a 34-to-12 walloping of Virginia before 24-600 fans It was the 165-pound Asheville marvel whirling and fading out of reach who staggered the overflow crowd with touchdown runs of 80 and 50 yards who passed for two more and who set up the other to rap the first undefeated season for a Tar Heel team in 50 years After the Cavaliers brought their partisans up screaming with an inspired brilliant second half comeback Justice blasted the last thought of an upset with two touchdowns in the first five minutes of the last period Justice had plenty of help this sunny afternoon although he hardly seemed to' need it even on a water soaked field that mads By EDWIN POPE rltMi PrrM Sport Writer ATHENS Ga Nov Georgia's bounding Bulldogs tearing through huge holes and eating up yardage on Johnny Rauch's passes wrapped up the Southeastern Conference title and a possible bowl bid today by slapping down Georgia Tech 21 to 13 before 53000 fans The Bulldogs have been beaten only by North Carolina Quarterback Rauch from Yea-don Pa and Halfback Joltin Joe Geri banged together a spectacular offensive to give the Bulldogs their sixth straight league triumph Only the breaks and a finedrawn courage kept Tech's Engineers in the game but stay in they did and Georgia's victory did not become certain until just before the finish The Engineers late in the third quarter narrowed the gap to 14 to 7 but just as their supporters began whooping it up little Ken First downs Net yards rushing Net yards passing Forwards attempted Forwards completed Forward intercepted Number of punts Average dist of Fumble Ball lost mi tumble Yards penalized From line of crhmnage a 57-yard drive the first time the Tar Heels got the ball a drive powered by Justice and Right Halfback Bob Kennedy who wheeled off three straight first downs Ends Art Weiner and Bob Cox punt fell Rauch's first pass was a wobbly heave but his favorite end Gene Lorendo snatched it and rambled to the Tech 32 John Donaldson made first down on the Tech 21 with an end sweep Geri ran for four and 1 it.